Archive for November, 2004
Ukraine’s Orange Fever
By Sean at 29 November, 2004, 9:42 pm
The plot thickens in the Ukraine. 100,000 supporters of the opposition candidate Viktor Yushchenko occupy Kiev’s Independence Square in freezing cold protesting the defeat of their candidate by three percentage points. Yesterday, Ukraine’s Parliament gave a boost to their claims of election fraud by voting for annulling the election. Representatives of Yushchenko [...]
Read More >>Irony, Ice, and Ideology
By Sean at 25 November, 2004, 7:31 pm
First I urge everyone to read Chalmers Johnson’s new article “How to Create a WIA — Worthless Intelligence Agency.”
There are certain political ironies that have occurred in the last 15 years that continually stick in my mind. One is the NATO bombing of Serbia in 1999. While Clinton was intent on preventing genocide [...]
Moscow’s Invalids
By Sean at 20 November, 2004, 11:13 am
Let me tell you about the ‘invalids.’ The invalids are young men who ride the Moscow metro begging for change from passengers. Begging, however, is really not the right word. What they are really doing is collecting a payment. A payment of a few rubles from all the passengers who either fought in Chechnya and [...]
Read More >>Life in Ryazan
By Sean at 17 November, 2004, 9:28 pm
So I promised to tell about my trip to Ryazan. Ryazan is a Russian provincial town located about a three hour train ride south from Moscow. I left on a Monday morning on the 7:15 train. The ticket cost about $10. The train ride was quite pleasant. I spent most [...]
Read More >>Sasha Uskov and I drinking vodka in Ryazan.
By Sean at 13 November, 2004, 7:56 pm
Sasha Uskov and I drinking vodka in Ryazan.
Read More >>The Internet sucks in Russia!
By Sean at 12 November, 2004, 9:39 pm
A quick note because I’ve been waiting for about 10 min. for a 1.41 MB file to download. The internet in Russia SUCKS!!!!!!!!! I’m currently at 38.6 kbps. That’s right, 38.6. With my DSL connection in LA, this file would have been finished 9 min. and 50 seconds ago. I [...]
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